# Foreign relations of El Salvador

El Salvador is a member of the United Nations and several of its specialized agencies, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Central American Common Market (CACM), the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), and the Central American Integration System (SICA). It actively participates in the Central American Security Commission (CASC), which seeks to promote regional arms control.
In November, 1950 El Salvador helped the newly empowered 14th Dalai Lama by supporting his Tibetan Government cabinet minister's telegram requesting an appeal before the General Assembly of the United Nations to stop the Communist China's People's Liberation Army's invasion of Tibet.
El Salvador also is a member of the World Trade Organization and is pursuing regional free trade agreements. An active participant in the Summit of the Americas process, El Salvador chairs a working group on market access under the Free Trade Area of the Americas initiative.
El Salvador has joined its six Central American neighbors in signing the Alliance for Sustainable Development, known as the Conjunta Centroamerica-USA or CONCAUSA to promote sustainable economic development in the region.

## Diplomatic relations

List of countries which El Salvador maintains diplomatic relations with:
Date :
| 1 | Honduras | Unknown |
| 2 | Guatemala | 1821 |
| 3 | Colombia | 8 March 1825 |
| 4 | Mexico | 12 May 1835 |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 24 July 1840 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 10 December 1845 |
| 7 | Peru | 10 June 1857 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1857 |
| 9 | France | 21 October 1859 |
| 10 | Chile | 10 April 1860 |
| 11 | United States | 15 June 1863 |
| 12 | Spain | 24 June 1865 |
| 13 | Bolivia | 1865 |
| 14 | Italy | 1871 |
| 15 | Sweden | 1 October 1876 |
| 16 | Argentina | 9 April 1880 |
| 17 | Paraguay | 1880 |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 3 July 1882 |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 1883 |
| — | Venezuela (suspended) | 28 February 1884 |
| 20 | Ecuador | 29 March 1890 |
| 21 | Belgium | 1 July 1890 |
| 22 | Cuba | 11 November 1902 |
| 23 | Brazil | 1906 |
| 24 | Panama | 9 March 1909 |
| — | Holy See | 12 October 1922 |
| 25 | Uruguay | 11 January 1929 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | 4 March 1930 |
| 27 | Japan | 15 February 1935 |
| 28 | Norway | 27 April 1939 |
| 29 | Philippines | 4 July 1946 |
| 30 | Israel | May 1948 |
| 31 | Turkey | 21 September 1950 |
| — | Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 1951 |
| 32 | Germany | 25 August 1952 |
| 33 | Denmark | 18 August 1958 |
| 34 | Austria | 23 October 1958 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 22 August 1960 |
| 36 | Canada | 29 December 1961 |
| 37 | South Korea | 28 August 1962 |
| 38 | Egypt | 1964 |
| 39 | Greece | 1965 |
| 40 | Portugal | 15 March 1966 |
| 41 | Finland | 14 April 1967 |
| 43 | Singapore | 6 October 1974 |
| 43 | Pakistan | 5 February 1979 |
| 44 | India | 12 February 1979 |
| 45 | Suriname | 1 March 1979 |
| 46 | Serbia | 14 December 1979 |
| 47 | Romania | 17 December 1979 |
| 48 | Belize | 1982 |
| 49 | Australia | 5 December 1983 |
| 50 | Thailand | 24 September 1987 |
| — | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (cancelled) | 1989 |
| 51 | Jamaica | 30 November 1990 |
| 52 | Luxembourg | 26 April 1991 |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 26 June 1991 |
| 54 | Hungary | 26 September 1991 |
| 55 | Poland | 27 September 1991 |
| 56 | Guyana | 1 May 1992 |
| 57 | Bahamas | 6 May 1992 |
| 58 | Russia | 3 June 1992 |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 June 1992 |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15 October 1992 |
| 61 | Grenada | 17 December 1992 |
| 62 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18 May 1993 |
| 63 | Slovakia | 10 March 1994 |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11 May 1994 |
| 65 | Barbados | 19 May 1994 |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 6 June 1995 |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 28 October 1996 |
| 68 | Morocco | November 1996 |
| 69 | Croatia | 24 June 1997 |
| 70 | Slovenia | 10 November 1997 |
| 71 | South Africa | 11 November 1997 |
| 72 | Ivory Coast | 13 December 1997 |
| 73 | Andorra | 14 May 1998 |
| 74 | Malaysia | June 1998 |
| 75 | Armenia | 22 March 1999 |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 23 March 1999 |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 7 April 1999 |
| 78 | Ukraine | 14 April 1999 |
| 79 | Georgia | 17 May 1999 |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 20 May 1999 |
| 81 | Bahrain | 7 July 1999 |
| 82 | Mongolia | 14 July 1999 |
| 83 | Lithuania | 15 October 1999 |
| 84 | Belarus | 25 October 1999 |
| 85 | Cyprus | 5 November 1999 |
| 86 | Kuwait | 9 December 1999 |
| 87 | Ireland | 13 July 2000 |
| 88 | Brunei | 28 August 2000 |
| 89 | Iceland | 25 October 2000 |
| 90 | Monaco | 14 December 2000 |
| 91 | Latvia | 11 January 2001 |
| 92 | Estonia | 12 February 2001 |
| 93 | Mauritius | 6 September 2001 |
| 94 | New Zealand | 12 November 2001 |
| 95 | Albania | 22 May 2003 |
| 96 | Timor-Leste | 23 May 2003 |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25 July 2003 |
| 98 | Qatar | 24 September 2003 |
| 99 | Malta | 9 June 2004 |
| 100 | Algeria | 20 December 2006 |
| 101 | Jordan | 10 January 2007 |
| 102 | San Marino | 18 January 2007 |
| 103 | Tunisia | 14 March 2007 |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates | 15 March 2007 |
| 105 | Lebanon | 25 September 2007 |
| 106 | Oman | 14 April 2008 |
| 107 | Namibia | 5 August 2008 |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | 27 February 2009 |
| 109 | Cambodia | 16 January 2010 |
| 110 | Vietnam | 16 January 2010 |
| 111 | Indonesia | 23 September 2011 |
| 112 | Tuvalu | 8 July 2012 |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 10 December 2012 |
| — | State of Palestine | 9 May 2013 |
| 114 | Dominica | 5 June 2013 |
| 115 | Solomon Islands | 22 July 2013 |
| 116 | Moldova | 24 September 2013 |
| 117 | Montenegro | 27 September 2013 |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 30 January 2014 |
| — | Kosovo | 14 October 2014 |
| 119 | Mali | 23 September 2014 |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 3 December 2014 |
| 121 | Fiji | 30 January 2015 |
| 122 | Togo | 13 March 2015 |
| 123 | Kenya | 28 September 2015 |
| 124 | Senegal | 29 September 2015 |
| 125 | Mozambique | 29 September 2015 |
| 126 | Liechtenstein | 2015 |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 17 March 2016 |
| 128 | Nepal | 21 September 2016 |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 28 October 2016 |
| 130 | Bangladesh | 7 November 2016 |
| 131 | Haiti | 6 September 2017 |
| 132 | Maldives | 19 September 2017 |
| 133 | Marshall Islands | 22 September 2017 |
| 134 | Uganda | 22 September 2017 |
| 135 | Samoa | 13 April 2018 |
| 136 | China | 21 August 2018 |
| 137 | Angola | 18 September 2023 |
| 138 | Burundi | 18 September 2023 |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 18 September 2023 |
| 140 | Ghana | 18 September 2023 |
| 141 | Rwanda | 18 September 2023 |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 18 September 2023 |
| 143 | Benin | 18 October 2023 |
| 144 | Cape Verde | 15 February 2024 |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 16 February 2024 |
| 146 | Seychelles | 12 November 2024 |
| 147 | Djibouti | 6 December 2024 |
| 148 | Mauritania | 10 December 2024 |
| 149 | Zambia | 10 December 2024 |
| 150 | Liberia | 2024 |

## Bilateral relations
### Africa

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Egypt | 1964 | Egypt has an interest section in San Salvador. El Salvador does not have an accreditation to Egypt. |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 31 July 1989 | El Salvador recognized the SADR on July 31, 1989. In April 1997, El Salvador cancelled relations with the SADR. In June 2009, and during a visit of SADR's president, Mohamed Abdelaziz, relations were restored. On November 30, 2010, the SADR and El Salvador upgrade their relations to ambassadorial level. |
| South Africa | 11 November 1997 | El Salvador is accredited to South Africa from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. South Africa is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico. |

### Americas

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Argentina | 1940 | See Argentina–El Salvador relations Argentina has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Buenos Aires. |
| Canada | 29 December 1961 | See Canada–El Salvador relations Canada has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Ottawa and consulates-general in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. |
| Cuba | 11 November 1902 | Cuba and El Salvador have resumed diplomatic relations on June 1, 2009. El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 due to the Cuban Revolution. Cuba has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Havana. |
| Dominican Republic | 3 July 1882 | Dominican Republic has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Santo Domingo. |
| Mexico | 1838 | See El Salvador–Mexico relations Diplomatic relations between Mexico and El Salvador were established in 1838. Mexico has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Mexico City and consulates-general in Acayucan, Ciudad Juárez , Guadalajara, Monterrey, Oaxaca City, San Luis Potosí, Tapachula, Tijuana and Villahermosa. |
| Peru | 1857 | See El Salvador–Peru relations El Salvador has an embassy in Lima. Peru has an embassy in San Salvador. |
| United States | 1863 | See El Salvador–United States relations U.S. policy towards the country promotes the strengthening of El Salvador's democratic institutions, rule of law, judicial reform, and civilian police; national reconciliation and reconstruction; and economic opportunity and growth. El Salvador has been a committed member of the coalition of nations fighting against terrorism and has sent 10 rotations of troops to support the Iraq War.  This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. United States Department of State. El Salvador has an embassy in Washington, D.C., and has several consulates-general scattered about the country. United States has an embassy in San Salvador. |
| Uruguay | 11 January 1929 | See El Salvador–Uruguay relations El Salvador has an embassy in Montevideo. Uruguay has an embassy in San Salvador. |
| Venezuela | 28 February 1884 | See El Salvador-Venezuela relations In November 2019, El Salvador recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as the legitimate President of Venezuela, cutting off relations with disputed president Nicolas Maduro's government. El Salvador has an embassy in Caracas. Venezuela has an embassy in San Salvador. |

### Asia

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| China | 21 August 2018 | See China-El Salvador relations and El Salvador–Taiwan relations On August 21, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with El Salvador Foreign Minister Carlos Castaneda and signed a joint communique on the establishment of diplomatic relations, deciding to recognize each other and establish diplomatic relations at an ambassadorial level from the date of the communique's signing. The government of the Republic of China on Taiwan has preemptively severed diplomatic ties with El Salvador. China has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Beijing. |
| India | 12 February 1979 | See El Salvador–India relations El Salvador has an embassy in New Delhi India is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala. |
| Jordan | 10 January 2007 | El Salvador is accredited to Jordan from its embassy in Doha, Qatar. Jordan is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City. |
| State of Palestine | 9 May 2013 | See El Salvador–Palestine relations El Salvador, which is home to a sizable ethnic Palestinian community, was widely expected to join the succession of South American governments that recognised Palestine in the end of 2010. In May 2011, members of the country's Legislative Assembly including its president Sigfrido Reyes presented a proposal to the Cabinet to issue a statement formally recognising the State of Palestine. The Central American Integration System (SICA) was expected to adopt a co-ordinated position on the issue at its summit in San Salvador on 18 August. However, El Salvador, as the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda, insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus. Despite this, the government officially recognised the Palestinian state on 25 August 2011. El Salvador conducts relations with Palestine from its embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel and maintains an honorary consulate in Bethlehem. Palestine has an embassy in San Salvador. See also Palestinian Salvadoran |
| Qatar | 24 September 2003 | El Salvador has an embassy in Doha. Qatar has an embassy in San Salvador. |
| South Korea | 28 August 1962 | The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of El Salvador began in August 1962 and the number of the South Koreans living in El Salvador in 2013 was about 258. South Korea has an embassy in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Seoul. |
| Turkey | Jan. 26, 1934 | El Salvador has an embassy in Ankara. Turkey has an embassy in San Salvador. Trade volume between the two countries was US$17.1 million in 2019 (Salvadoran exports/imports: 2.3/14.8 million USD). |

### Europe

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| France | 21 October 1859 | See El Salvador–France relations El Salvador has an embassy in Paris. France has an embassy in San Salvador. |
| Kosovo | 14 October 2014 | El Salvador officially recognised Kosovo as an independent sovereign state on 29 June 2013. El Salvador and Kosovo established official diplomatic relations on 18 October 2014. Kosovo is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Panama City, Panamá. |
| Spain | 24 June 1865 | See El Salvador–Spain relations El Salvador has an embassy in Madrid and consulates-general in Barcelona and Seville. Spain has an embassy in San Salvador. |
| United Kingdom | 1883 | See El Salvador–United Kingdom relations El Salvador established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom in 1883. El Salvador maintains an embassy in London. The United Kingdom is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in San Salvador. Both countries share common membership of the International Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, and the Central America–UK Association Agreement. Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement. |

### Oceania

| Country | Formal Relations Began | Notes |
| Australia | 5 December 1983 | See Australia–El Salvador relations Australia is accredited to El Salvador from its embassy in Mexico City, Mexico and maintains an honorary consulate in San Salvador. El Salvador has an embassy in Canberra and a consulate-general in Melbourne. |